Shoe-tip gage.



PATBNTED 1320.20, 1904.

M. OOOK.

v SHOE TIP GAGE. APPLIUATION FILED MAY 9. 1904.

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Patented December 20, 1904.

MILLER OOOK, OF WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE-TIP GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,171, dated December20, 1904.

-ippimnon inea May 9, 1904.. serai No. 207,186.

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Be it known that I, MILLER OooK, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Whitman, in the county f Plymouth and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shoe-TipGages, of which the following, takenin connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a speciiication.

My invention relates to a gage used by boot and shoe lasters as a guidefor drawing the toe part of a vamp over the toe of the last when atoe-tip is used; and it consists of an adjustable gage provided withstep-by-step projections which are numbered to correspond to the sizesof boots or shoes.

The device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which lFigure 1 is a plan of my gage. Fig. Qis a sideA elevation of the same.Fig. 3 illustrates the manner of using it. l

In the drawings the'base and handle of my gage are indicated by B B O.The vertical part B may be termed the Xed rest and is designed to beplaced against the toe of the boot' or shoe when the gage is being used.These parts may be made of any suitablel metal and design.

The adjustable part or gage proper, A, is provided with a slot(indicated by dotted lines, Fig. l) through which a screw-threaded postD projects. The said post is rigidly attached to the part B. Afinger-nut D engages with the screw-post D and serves to clamp the gageproper, A, in any desired position. The gage proper, A, is provided witha number of stepby-step projections which have designating numbers l, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,9, IO, 11, which correspond to the diiIerent sizes ofshoes as ordinarily manufactured for' the trade.

In shoe-factories it is usual to designate the length of the tip to beused by giving the length desired for the size7, and the operator makesan allowance for the other sizes-that is, for a size 6 he subtractsone-sixteenth of an inch, for a 5 two-siXteenths,-and for larger sizeshe adds one-sixteenth for each. Thus if a series of short tips are to beused then the gage is used, and so on.

set so that the distance measured (on line L) from the vertical surfaceB to the end of the projection (7) will be two inches and the gage canbe used for all sizes without change.

The scale marked 0, 2, 4L, 6, 8 on the partV 4assumed length of tip forsize 7 being two inchesthatis, the' shortest. If a longer tip is to beused-say, two and two-sixteenths for the Vsize 7-then the gage will beset so that the arrow will point to division 2 of the scale, and so onfor other lengths of tips.

The use of my gage is shown in Fig. 3, in which T indicates the tip, Vthe vamp, and L the last. The operator in the process of lasting the toepart draws the vamp and tip over the end of the last until the end E ofthe tip coincides with the end of the projection (that corresponds withthe size of the shoe)-that is, if the shoeis'of the size S--forinstance, then the projection numbered If desirable, the gage may bemounted on a stand within reach of the operator.

I claim- A shoe-tip gage comprising a base having two members, onemember serving as a plate for the gage proper to slide upon, the othermember serving as a iXed rest to abut the toe of the shoe against; and agage-piece adjustably attached to the said plate and having its s willbe end provided with step-by-step projections,

substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 30th day of April, A. D.1904.

MILLER COOK. Witnesses:

FKANK G. PARKER, WILLIAM EDsoN.

